Albert Lasker
Clinical Medical Research Award

Joint award. To Dr. Jal Vakil for his brilliant and systematic studies on Rauwolfia in hypertension. To Dr. Kline for his demonstrations of the value of Rauwolfia derivatives, especially reserpine, in the treatment of mental and nervous disorders. To Dr. Noce for his studies of reserpine and its uses among the mentally ill and among mental defectives. To Dr. Laborit for his extensive studies of surgical shock and post-operative illness, which resulted in the first application of chlorpromazine as a therapeutic agent. To Dr. Deniker for his introduction of chlorpromazine into psychiatry and for his demonstration that a medication can influence the clinical course of the major psychoses. To Dr. Lehmann for his demonstrations of the clinical uses of chlorpromazine in the treatment of mental disorders. (More >)

For outstanding contributions to the better understanding of infectious diseases in animals and man and his discovery of new microbiological principles of far-reaching importance. (More >)